PGC 12783
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 12783 |
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| PGC 12783 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 25 m 08.5 s |
| declination | -36 ° 21 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) m: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.90 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Fornax cluster LGG 94 |
| Redshift | 0.006108 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 1831 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(77 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.5 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1326A • PGC 12783 • ESO 357-028 • MCG -06-08-013 • 2MASX J03250876-3621450 • SGC 032313-3632.4 • GALEX ASC J032508.54-362151.4 • USGC S129 NED68 • FCC 37 | |
LEDA / PGC 12783 (also NGC 1326A ) is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 77 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 12788 , it forms an optical pair of galaxies. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 37 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1317 , NGC 1318 , NGC 1326 , NGC 1336 , among others .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- ESO: Image of the region of the sky around NGC 1316 (labeled) October 25, 2017
![PGC 12783 [1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/NGC_1326A.jpg)